GUNBUSTER
TV Show · Anime · Sci-Fi

When aliens killed Noriko’s father, she swore to seek revenge. While she completed her first step of getting into Okinawa Girls’ Space Pilot High School, she’s still seen as just the daughter of the admiral who lost. But when the two students going to space are announced, Noriko’s surprised to find her name next to her idol, Kazumi. Is this a dream come true, or does Coach Ohta have other motives?

1988 · 25m
Starring Kiane Chula King, Bradley Gareth, Melissa Sternenberg

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Noriko Takaya dreams of being a space pilot just like her father was, but is thrown a curveball when a mysterious new coach arrives at her school.
    24m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Upon arriving in space, Kazumi clashes with rival pilot Jung Freud! While the duo duke it out, Noriko makes the first in a series of unsettling discoveries.
    24m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Following a falling-out with Kazumi, Noriko finds herself paired up with a young man by the name of Smith Toren.
    26m
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    While still in mourning, Noriko throws herself into intensive training with a powerful weapon that may be needed sooner than expected.
    24m
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    Noriko and Kazumi head home for some R&R, but quickly discover how much has changed before realizing that time may be against them.
    26m
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    Fifteen years later, Noriko and Kazumi team up for a final desperate mission to defeat the space monsters once and for all.
    27m

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Cast & Crew

  • K‌C
    Kiane Chula King
    Noriko Takaya
  • B‌G
    Bradley Gareth
    Koichiro Ohta
  • M‌S
    Melissa Sternenberg
    Kazumi Amano
  • A‌Y
    Alexandra Yastishock
    Jung Freud
  • B‌J
    Bill Jenkins
    Tatsumi Tashiro

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GUNBUSTER

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When aliens killed Noriko’s father, she swore to seek revenge. While she completed her first step of getting into Okinawa Girls’ Space Pilot High School, she’s still seen as just the daughter of the admiral who lost. But when the two students going to space are announced, Noriko’s surprised to find her name next to her idol, Kazumi. Is this a dream come true, or does Coach Ohta have other motives?

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1988
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